作者:杨华 金杜律师事务所知识产权部

This article was written by Yang Hua King & Wood Mallesons‘ IP Group

2杨华016年4月7日中国商标局在其官方网站上发布一条引人注目的消息:国家工商总局新闻发言人明确表示5月底前将积压的商标注册证全部发放[1]。

On April 7th, 2016, the China Trademark Office(CTMO) announced on its official site that the spokesperson of the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) said overdue trademark registrations certificates will be issued by the end of May.

商标注册证问题肇始于2015年8月,自去年8月份起,国内外商标申请人就未能收到中国商标局颁发的商标注册证,官方给出的解释是打印商标注册证的纸张告罄,需要通过正式的政府采购流程进行采购。但是随后采购环节和部门衔接的问题导致出现了这种不该发生的情况。

Neither overseas nor domestic registrants received trademark registration certificates since August 2015, which marked the start of the delay in the issuance. The official explanation was it took time to go through proper channels to purchase paper used to print the certificate. But uncoordinated cooperation between procurement and relevant departments worsened the situation.
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